Improvement in fuel-reservoirs of base-burning stoves



T. J. couLsToN.s y Fuell Resevior for Stoves. No. 93,599., Patented Aug.A 1o, 1869.

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THOMAS J. OOULSTON, OF SPRINGVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO E. S. SHANTZ AND JOSEPH JOHNSON, OF- ROYERS FORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 93,599, dated August 10, 1869; antedctell May 25, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FUEL-RESERVOIRS OF BASE-:BURNING- STOVES. ...4.,

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera'latent and making part or th'e same.

To all whom it 'may concern Be itlmown that I, THOMAS J. CoULs'roN, of Springville, in the county of Chester, and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Fuel-Feeding Reservoir of a lvIagazine-Stove; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,imaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view;

Figure 2, a central vertical section; and

Figure 3, a horizontal section on the dotted line'fv-v of fig. l of the said reservoir. j

Like letters and numbers of reference indicate the saine parts when in the different figures.

The object of my improvement is, to lessen the cost of constructing the fuel-feeding reservoir of a magazinc-stove, and to facilitate in the application of the same to and its withdrawal from the stove, as occasion may require; and

lhe nature of my invention consists, substantially as hereinafter described, in constructing the body of the reservoir in separate halves adjustable together by interlocking projections cast simultaneously with and upon the said halves; in providing for its. suspension in a stoveihy means of a detachable flange secured to the upper end of the reservoir; and in the application, to the interior of thenpper endof the reservoir, of a hail, to serve as a means in lifting the said reservoir into and out of the stove.

Referring to the drawings- A and A are the two` halves of the body of the reservoir;

B, the detachable flange;

C, the bail; and

3 4, the interlocking halves A and A.

'Ihe two halves A A are cast separately', and with their interlocking projections 3 4so that when the two respective edges of thc 'sa-id halves are placed against each other longitudinally, and then slippeda short distance in opposite directions in line with their projections on the said two other, and thus hold the said halves iirinly together. (See lig.1.) Y

The detachable flange B, with its downwardprojecting portion l1', is cast in one piece, so'that the same can be slipped with facility into the open upper end ofthe interlocked cast upon vvtwo of its opposite outer sidesa stud, b",

expense heretofore required in drilling similar halves together by ears and rivets, or studs 3 4 will interlock withv each-v parts AA', and has also y y posite sides of the parts A and A', and, when turned down, it rests upon a projection, 5, cast on one side of the interior of A and of A.

The lower end, 6, of each of thehalves A A", is cast thicker than its upper portion, for the purpose of better withstanding the incandescent fuel.

It will be seen, that by means of the interlocking projections 3 4, the two halves A A of the reservoir can be readily adjusted and secured closely together, thus avoiding the consumption of the time and thc and securing and keys; that the iiange B, being attached by means `of the studs b" and slots 7, the reservoir can be readily suspended thereby in the stove, and at the saine time the two halves be prevented from becoming disconnected from each other; that it can be withdrawn and the said parts separated, with instant facility; and that the bail C will afford a ready means in lifting the said reservoir either into or out of the stove, an operation often required'in magazine-stoves.

Having thus fully described my improvement,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is confined to the following, viz:

1. I claim adj ustably securing the two parts A and A of the reservoir together by means of the interlocking projections 3 4, or their equivalents,constructed and operating togethersubstantial] y as and for thepurpose descn'bed.

2. The employment of the catches, each consisting of the parts b and 7,\in con1bination with the flange -B and reservoir A A', the same being constructed and applied substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In combination with the reservoir A A', constructed as described, the bailC, applied and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

^ g THOS. J. GOULSTON.

AWitnesses: Y Jnssn Fuvnmxnn, WM. Bnownn. 

